Legal Opinion
Reed v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided April 24, 2012No. S12A0443PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Presiding Justice.
Roger James Reed was indicted for the malice murder of Willie Lee Gatson, an alternative count of felony murder during the commission of aggravated assault, and the aggravated assault and aggravated battery of Gatson’s sister Nettie Porter. After a jury trial, Reed was acquitted of malice murder and found guilty of the remaining counts. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the guilty verdicts, sentenced Reed as a recidivist under OCGA § 17-10-7 (c) to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for felony murder, and also imposed a concurrent…
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